Morton St. partial collapse

A worker at 16 Morton St., told a Villager photographer to back off after she arrived at the scene of a partial collapse. The building has been gut-rehabbed and the interior is being completely rebuilt. Apparently, a 12-inch-thick beam that was supporting three workers on the third floor failed. According to a parking attendant at the next-door garage, the three workers were taken away by ambulance around 9 a.m. that morning. A Sixth Precinct police officer confirmed that the workers were taken to Bellevue Hospital, which “has the best trauma unit.” More information about the injured workers wasn’t immediately available.

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2 Responses to Morton St. partial collapse

Apparently when workers get injured or killed these days in the Village,
and it's a well known designer or family, it just gets brushed under the rug,
without accountability. I really hope The Villager follows up on this one,
and other like stories.